Continuing to ‘Tinker with the Machinery of Death’? Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Death Penalty Judgment
On 20 September 2024, the Taiwan Constitutional Court delivered its Judgment 113 Hsien-Pan-8 (English translation not currently available), upholding the death penalty, but with significant caveats. The case concerned 33...
29 Million Angry Men: The Introduction of the Lay Judge in Taiwan’s Criminal Justice
Image description: Fists raised against a background of protesters at Asia Democracy March 2020, with a banner above reading ‘I think that is my duty’ The legislature of Taiwan passed...
Freedom! ’21: Latest Developments in Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan
In Taiwan, same-sex marriage has been recognized since 24 May 2019 pursuant to the Act for Implementation of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748. However, foreign nationals may only enter into...
First in Asia – Taiwan’s Marriage Equality Ruling in Comparative and Queer Perspectives
On 24 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of Taiwan issued a ruling in favour of same-sex marriage (full text in Chinese; press summary in English). The ruling gave two years...
